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The UK AI Safety Institute (AISI) announced plans to open a branch office in San Francisco, expanding its international presence into a major hub of AI development. This move signals the UK government's intent to maintain close engagement with leading AI companies and researchers based in Silicon Valley, strengthening its role in global AI safety governance.
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- •UK AISI plans to establish a physical presence in San Francisco, home to many frontier AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic.
- •The expansion reflects efforts to deepen collaboration with US-based AI developers and researchers on safety evaluation.
- •This move follows the UK's ambition to position itself as a global leader in AI safety policy and international coordination.
- •A San Francisco office would allow AISI to more directly engage with AI model developers during pre-deployment evaluation processes.
- •The announcement illustrates growing international institutional infrastructure dedicated to AI safety oversight.
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- [Sebastian Klovig Skelton,](https://www.techtarget.com/contributor/Sebastian-Klovig-Skelton) Data & ethics editor
Published: 20 May 2024 15:15
The UK government’s Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) has announced it will establish offices in San Fransisco, as it publicly releases its artificial intelligence (AI) model safety testing results for the first time.
Established in the run-up to the UK AI Safety Summit in November 2023, the AISI is [tasked with examining](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366557161/Sunak-sets-scene-for-upcoming-AI-Safety-Summit), evaluating and testing new types of AI, and is [already collaborating with its US counterpart](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366577639/US-and-UK-agree-AI-safety-collaboration) to share capabilities and build common approaches to AI safety testing.
Building on this collaboration, the AISI will open offices in San Fransisco over the summer to further cement its relationship with the US’s own Safety Institute, as well as make further inroads with leading AI companies headquartered there, such as [Anthrophic](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567750/GenAI-tools-could-not-exist-if-firms-are-made-to-pay-copyright) and OpenAI.
With just over 30 London staff, the US expansion will also give the AISI greater access to tech talent from the Bay Area, with plans to hire a team of technical staff and a research director first.
However, there is currently no further information on which specific roles the Institute will be looking to hire for, or how many.
“This expansion represents British leadership in AI in action,” said digital secretary Michelle Donelan. “It is a pivotal moment in the UK’s ability to study both the risks and potential of AI from a global lens, strengthening our partnership with the US and paving the way for other countries to tap into our expertise as we continue to lead the world on AI safety.
“Opening our doors overseas and building on our alliance with the US is central to my plan to set new, international standards on AI safety, which we will discuss at the Seoul Summit this week.”
## Safety testing results
The expansion follows the AISI publicly releasing a selection of results from its recent safety testing of five publicly available advanced large langu
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